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Democracy and the American Gothic - Couverture souple

Blouin, Michael J.

 
9781009279970: Democracy and the American Gothic
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1009279971 ISBN 13 : 9781009279970
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

While the political undercurrent of the American Gothic has been firmly established, few scholars have surveyed the genre's ambivalent relationship to democracy. The American Gothic routinely undercuts centralised authority by exposing the dark underbelly of the status quo; at the same time, the American Gothic tends to reflect a widespread mistrust of the masses. American readers are too afraid of democracy – and not yet fearful enough. This concise Element theorises the democratic and anti-democratic elements of the American Gothic by surveying the conflicted imaginaries of the genre's mainstays, including Charles Brockden Brown, Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, and Stephen King.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1009279971
ISBN 13 
9781009279970
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
84
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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